Cane
Jean Toomer
With a Foreword by Waldo Frank
Oracular.
Redolent of fermenting syrup,
Purple of the dusk,
Deep-rooted cane.
LIVERIGHT NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT © 1923 BY BONI & LIVERIGHT ® 1951 BY JEAN TOOMER
1.987654
Standard Book Number: 87140-535-0 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 23-12749
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To my grandmother...
Jean Toomer
CANE
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
KARINTHA
REAPERS
NOVEMBER COTTON FLOWER
BECKY
FACE
COTTON SONG
CARMA
SONG OF THE SON
GEORGIA DUSK
FERN
NULLO
EVENING SONG
ESTHER
1
2
3
CONVERSION
PORTRAIT IN GEORGIA
BLOOD-BURNING MOON
1
2
3
SEVENTH STREET
RHOBERT
AVEY
BEEHIVE
STORM ENDING
THEATER
HER LIPS ARE COPPER WIRE
CALLING JESUS
BOX SEAT
1
2
PRAYER
HARVEST SONG
BONA AND PAUL
1
2
3
4
KABNIS
1
2
3
4
5